Gender-based violence against civilian women in postinvasion Iraq: (Re)politicizing George W. Bush's silent legacy

Violence Against Women

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1619-1634

  Lee Koo, Katrina ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

gender based violence; Iraq; war

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HISTORY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; POLITICS; PUBLIC FIGURE; RAPE; SAFETY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WAR; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; POLITICS; RAPE; SAFETY; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WAR; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84858015598     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801211436094     Document Type: Article

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